Intel

Semiconductors

Brightening Prospects for Intel’s Foundry Drive Stock Gains

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The US government took a 10% stake in Intel last year and the Trump administration has been arguably its best sales advocate.

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Artificial Intelligence

SoftBank’s ‘Go Big or Go Home’ AI Bets Fire Up Markets as IPOs Near

SoftBank is one of OpenAI’s top shareholders, having built up a $64.6 billion, 13% stake in the ChatGPT maker.

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Big Tech

Apple Flirts With Adding Intel, Samsung into Main Chip Supply Chain

Apple’s supply chain and manufacturing dependencies have turned problematic in the age of tariffs and friend-shoring.

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Semiconductors

Arm Shoulders More of the Supply Chain by Making a Chip

The 35-year-old company previously made money mostly by licensing its designs to other players in the chip ecosystem.

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Markets

Hypothetical AI Doomsday Scenario Lights Up Wall Street’s HALO Trade

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A post from Citrini Research has drawn widespread attention for its imagining of a 2028 in which AI leads to unceasing white collar layoffs.

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Semiconductors

Intel Bets Its Newest Chip Will Power a Comeback

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Intel has invested more than $20 billion in the new factory, which will churn out its chips in the US for the first time in nearly a decade.

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Semiconductors

SoftBank Acquires a 2% Stake in Embattled Intel

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The deal comes as the US government explores a deal to take as much as a 10% ownership stake in the Santa Clara, California, firm.

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